USC checks in on young Dillon QB

USC recruiter Deke Adams stopped by Dillon High School Monday to check in on the Wildcats, in particular Gamecock commitment LB Joe Blue and sophomore QB Avery McCall. Coach Jackie Hayes said Blue remains firm with his commitment and McCall continues to draw plenty of major interest. He now has offers from USC, Clemson, LSU, North Carolina, East Carolina, Ohio State and Tennessee. McCall suffered a shoulder injury in the season opening game and has missed the past two games, but Hayes said McCall will be back in the lineup for this Friday's game against Lake City. Hayes said Adams was just making a casual stop by the school while making his rounds. "He was just down to see what was going on with us and we were feeling him out about what's going on with them." McCall hasn't made it to any games this season but Hayes said he will start going to games later this month and in October. Hayes said Clemson also is very strong on McCall. "He's kind of like the guy they've got up there now," he said. "I think Avery throws the ball a little bit better than Boyd does but he's still young and has a long way to go and a lot of work to do." As for other Wildcats, senior RB Anthony Blue has offers from Appalachian State, Georgia Southern and Miami of Ohio. Newberry has offered senior defensive lineman Jalen Washington and senior LB Damu Ford. Hayes said Ford has visited Appalachian State and Florida State has offered him as a preferred walk-on at fullback. In his junior class, Hayes said WR Er'reon Hayes (6-3 180) will be one to watch. And Hayes added that Hayes brother, 8th grade tight end and defensive end Ze'reon Hayes, will become a major prospect.

OL Parker Boudreaux of Orlando reports an amazing total of over 70 offers at this point. About 15 of those programs have separated from the pack and Clemson is firmly in that group. Boudreaux visited Clemson last season for the North Carolina game and raved about the experience. He is returning this Saturday for a junior day and will bring...

OL Luke Elder of LaGrange, GA holds offers from about 15 schools including USC and Clemson. Some of his other offers are Ole Miss, Cal, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Missouri, Florida State and Vanderbilt. He doesn't yet have favorites but he plans to formulate a top 10 or in the near future, and he...

Clemson holds its second junior day for the 2016 recruiting season this Saturday and one of the invitees is Bamberg-Ehrhardt OL Drew Wilson (6-4 290). Clemson has had a lot of success attracting top talent from the Red Raiders' program over the years and Wilson is another drawing the Tigers' interest according to assistant coach and recruiting...

OL John Simpson of Fort Dorchester won his first 4A heavyweight wrestling championship over the weekend. His wrestling season limited the amount of football recruiting travel he could get in over the past couple of months, but Simpson is ready to move forward with that now.

AC Flora WR Denzel Johnson made more improvement on his last ACT and according to his coach should be qualified at the end of May as long as there’s no slippage in his regular grades. And that possibly will mean Johnson suiting up for Clemson this fall.